Baby Skoruppa # 2

I was always worried about the 3D Ultrasounds cause they always kind of looked freaky to me but once she showed me and explained what everything was I think it's the coolest thing I've ever seen!!!

Photo Bomb!!!

 Hanging out in the pool!

My little animal lover!!

The pig was his favorite!  It kept licking his toes!

Opening Presents

He loved his cake!!

Finally an update!

My life has been nothing but crazy these past few months.  We are having another baby, planning a 1st Birthday party, adding on (might as well say building) to our house and work has been super crazy stressful so I will try and catch up the best I can.

Let me start with my big baby boy!!  I just love my Brody to pieces!!  He is always so happy and he is just at a super fun stage!  I can not believe that he will be 1 in 2 very short weeks :(  This whole Birthday Party planning is driving me crazy.  I want so bad to have it at our house but being that it will be under contruction it might not happen.  I'm just going to play it by ear and if we have to change it at the last minute to my mom and dads we will just let everyone know.  We only invited mostly family so it will only be one group text to everyone the week before.  Everything else will hopefully fall into place by the 7th.  Anway here is what my baby is up to.

- He is actually taking a few steps.  Bert and I could get him to take about 2 steps between us until he would hit the floor but last night he actually did about 4-5 just in the middle of Bert's mom and dads living room!!!  YAY!  I'm so happy cause he sure is getting a little heavy for me to carry.

- I took all bottles away at at about 10 1/2 months.  He was only getting 2 a day about 8 oz each so we just switched to a sippy with 1/2 lactose free & 1/2 whole milk!  I was so happy to be rid of those bottles!  He never really cared about the bottle so it wasn't hard at all to take away. 

- He was moved up about 2 weeks ago in daycare finally.  They kind of had to cause they said he was starting to sit on the other kids that just laid on the floor that weren't mobile yet.  My son is 23lbs so I'm sure that wasn't comfy for the little babies.  He had a horrible 1st day in his new class (so did mommy) but we both survived and the next day was much better.  Thank goodness he only cried that 1st day when I dropped him off cause I probably wouldn't have left him again if he would of kept that up.  And I am so happy I do not have to buy baby food anymore.  They provide all meals to him during day!

-  He has gotten a lot more vocal so we're guessing he's picking it up from the older kids in class! 

-  We can not eat in front of this child if we don't plan on sharing with him.  It is horrible!!  I swear my child has a tapeworm or something.  When I get home and start cooking in the evenings he is in that kitchen circling me like a hawk crying.  He eats all day at school so I know he's not starving.  A few of his favorites are ham and cheese sandwhich(a whole one), grilled cheese, eggs, pizza (he eats 2 slices), pancakes and pretty much whatever is on our plate.  At 1st he didn't seem to fond of anything with hamburger meat but he proved to me last night that he was over that when he ate a whole plate serving of enchilada, rice & beans made by Aunt Paula!  Oh and don't let me leave out the plate of hamburger helper the other night.  It was a serving what I would normally eat. 

-  He has only been taking one nap a day around 11ish.  Nap time has always been so hard for us and it still is but he does tend to sleep a little longer now. 

I guess that's all about Brody.  I'm sure like always I left something out but I'm just trying to get caught up.

Now onto Baby # 2

Let me start off by saying that this pregnancy is 100% different than Brody.  If I didn't see a huge belly in the mirror with Brody I wouldn't have known I was prego.

I might have mentioned this in my other post but right before I found out I was PG I started doing the 24 day advocare challenge.  I noticed after I drank the spark I would start feeling real nauseaous and crappy the rest of the day.  I just thought well maybe it's the caffeine in it so I stopped drinking those and kept up with everything else.  When I found out on Feb 16th I was PG I stopped taking all of the stuff and realized what was really making me sick.  From the beginning I just didn't feel right about something with this pregnancy and I still don't know why cause everything is great with the baby but just not with me.  Bert swears up and down that I am having a girl cause my emotions are all over the place.  I have also been very tired with this one but that has a lot to do with Brody.

We have had several appts and US already and I guess that's just routine with my Dr.'s office.  At every appt everything has looked great with the baby.  We had our anatomy scan I think on the 24th and the baby looked perfect.  Still in the back of my mind I was worried and stressing about something being wrong with my baby.  After our anatomy scan we saw Dr. Cook and went over everything and it was like it went in one ear and out the other.  I guess it's the fact of how low the baby and much pressure I feel down there when the baby moves that's freaking me out but I honestly don't know.  Maybe it's all the stress I have and I'm worried that it's going to cause problems.  I had been having some weird pains that I never had with Brody on my right side and he said it's a sciatic nerve and when it hurts I need to rest.  Rest???  What's that?

We had another appt yesterday so I finally decided I'm going to spill my guts to the Dr. about how I've been feeling.  Thank goodness my extremely busy Dr. had some spare time to listen to me.  Mind you I had a little break down at home Wednesday night so my wonderful hubby that is putting up with an awful lot decided he will go with me.  I was so happy he went!  I told him about my fears with this baby and all the extra pains and stress I am having.  He said good news is your stitch is holding up but your baby is sitting right on top of my cervix.  He went back through everything and told me that baby # 2 is 100% healthy so I can relieve myself  of that stress now.  He also told me to quit my job but that's not happening so he told me to do as little as I can to get by at work.  He pointed at Bert and said let him take care of the house situation...Ha...he doesn't know my husband very well.  He did make a comment though about if I couldn't relax a little that we would have to make me relax.  I told Bert when we left that I refuse to go on bed rest so we have to figure out something.  He said you have 17 more weeks to keep that baby in there so do whatever you need to to make that happen.  He also wants to start seeing me every 2 weeks and every 4 weeks I will go downstairs for big US.  The same people that did my anatomy scan. 

This pregnancy is going to be the end of me.  I told Bert if this is a girl we are going to have to think long and hard about having another one.  I really would like 3 no matter what but I don't know if I can go through this again.  Ok I guess this is long enough.  Hopefully pretty soon I will have some pictures on the computer to post!

9 months & another one on the way!!

So I just realized that I skipped 8 months, but nothing has really changed!  We had our well visit check up today and big boy is 28 1/2" long & 22 1/2lbs!  He is a big one!  Dr. Dimmick said everything looks great and to keep up the good work!  We also had our terrible 2's talk today.  He said he has seen kids start as young as 9 months throwing temper tantrums.  Brody definetely gets mad at me but I don't think we have hit that stage yet and when he does it's not gonna be fun.  I am a discipliner so my poor son doesn't stand a chance.  Dr. Dimmick even mentioned that in our talk.  He was my Dr. growing up and if I could I would probably still go see him for random things, but he said well I know how you are so I'm pretty sure your going to do a good job when it comes to this.  He also said that I need to start giving him table food.  Now I am one paranoid mama and if it was up to me I would probably be feeding him baby food forever, but I guess I will let him gradually try things.  He did have rice salad and some kind of potatoe casserole yesterday and did fine but it's still scary to me.  Now lets get to the fun stuff that my little man is up to these day!

3-6oz bottles a day and the last one being at 3:30!

Still an army crawler but he gets were he wants to go!

Starting pulling himself up on things yesterday!

Still not a very good napper so we are lucky to get 2/30-45 min naps a day!

Still only eating stage 3 foods 3 times a day cause I'm scared to death of him choking, but he gets cereal for breakfast, a meat and veggie for lunch & a meat and veggie and a fruit for dinner!

He eats a lot and usually trys to throw a fit when we are done.

Loves bath time!  I sure hope this means he's gonna love the water as much as we do!

Loves his daddy!  If Bert is around it's all about him! 

Gives kisses every now and then, sometimes he just turns his head and laughs at you! Stinker!

Gives his mama a hug all the time.  Still won't hug his daddy.

Loves our dog Jesse!  He likes Sissy too but she's mean to him.

Loves his blankies (he has 4 so I can alternate them out)!  He usually never lets it go so he sleeps with it!

And he will take steps while we hold his hands and walk with him!

Brody is just an absolute joy to be around.  He is always smiling and happy!  Bert always jokes about how his face must hurt from smiling so much!  He was a pretty fussy baby so for him to go from fussing a lot to smiling even more is just great! 

We had a great long Easter weekend!  Even though Brody really isn't old enough to get into it we still had fun watching the cousin play on Sunday!  I am a horrible mother and didn't get any pictures.  We decided to go to the bay on Friday.  We took the boat and brought everything with the thought of we might finally get to take Brody out and see what he thinks.  Well when we got there the wind was pretty bad so Bert didn't even want to go fishing and fight the wind so we just stayed at the bay house and made some ribeyes and baked potatoes.  We went home that evening with the intentions on trying again Saturday.  I can't tell you what we did Saturday but I don't think we left the house but maybe once.  Sunday we got up and went to Church, then to visit Bert's mom and dad & then off to the bay again!  My son never naps at the bay so I was happy he slept for about 30 mins in the car on the way there.  We had a good time with the family.  Brody just loves watching Dory's kids, they always make him laugh cause they are so silly!  Mosquitos weren't horrible but if you got out in the grass they were and they started to stir up so we left about 5ish.  I was so tired I was falling asleep on the way home and Brody passed out before the car even started rolling.  So we got home ate, took and bath & were off to bed! 

Now for even more exciting news!!  Bert and I are having another baby!!  I know I'm crazy and it's going to be a handful but I'm pretty sure I can handle it!  We found out on February 16th.  My sister started to sale advocare products and we wanted to do the 24 day challenge.  I didn't need to lose weight I just wanted to feel better and put something healthy in my body.  I started that on February 6th.  I was the only one that wasn't feeling better I actually was feeling worse and at 1st I thought it was the spark cause of all the extra caffeine.  I drink sodas but maybe 1 a day and spark had way more caffeine in it.  Anyway the 16th I decided to take a test.  The 1st one had a very very faint line so I thought it can't be but I also had a digital one and that one came out with a big fat positive!  I pretty much freaked!  I was shaking so bad I couldn't even hold anything!  We weren't exactly trying to get pregnant like the charting or anything but we definetely weren't taking any precautions.  Anyway Bert had no clue that I was even going to test and I did it at work cause I didn't think anything of it I just figured I that I wasn't feeling good for some reason.  Instead of calling him I took a pic of the test and text it to him.  He called right away and was like "what is that?".  We are both super excited and I am a little nervous but it's going to be great having them so close in age!

Wednesday I go in for the worst part of the pregnancy and that is to have my cerclage placed.  I am not looking forward to this at all.  One major reason is I know I will not be able to pick up my son that day or the next day.  My mom is keeping him so I know he will be ok, but I still want him with me.  Bert said if he isn't on a job we can go there in the evening and feed him, bathe him & put him down for bed so we will see.  I don't really remember everything from last time but I do remember getting up the next moring, and I always have my bed made, so I tried to make it and that was the worst decision I made.  I will talk to my Dr. more about it Wednesday morning beofe I go in. 

On anther good note we are closing on our house tomorrow morning so hopefully our builders can start with the add on soon cause we sure need it!!!

I don't really have any pictures to post but I will get some soon!

7 Months!!

Ok so I'm finally going to do Brody's 7 month blog.  I don't even know where to begin.  He is 20 1/2lbs as of his Dr. visit yesterday.  He's not crawling but he does use his upper body to pull himself around so he will get anywhere that he wants to go and he's getting faster by the day.  Poor Sissy doesn't know what to do with him.  He just got his 3rd tooth in and the 4th one is working on coming out and also his top 2 are trying to come out so I guess in about a week he's gonna have a mouth full of teeth. Time to move onto steaks!!!  He still gets bored so easy but he is a lot happier baby these days.  He gets 3 solids a day, breakfast, lunch & dinner and 3 6oz. bottles a day.  I love the fact that he doesn't need a bottle to go to sleep.  He has bottles at 6:30, 11:30 & 3:30 and solids at 8:00, 1:00 & 6:00.  Bedtime is still at 7 and by that time he is super cranky so he's always ready for bed.  He still does not nap good during the day but maybe a total of 1-1 1/2 hours. 

The past weekend Brody got to go to a party!!!  They had a surprise birthday party for Bert's brother Roland on Saturday.  We had planned on going but then of course Bert got called out on a job.  I was pretty skeptical going by myself but I knew all of the family was going to be there so I decided to go and Bert meet us there later.  He should of really been there almost on time but he got stuck on location.  Oilfield is so unpredictable.  As soon as Brody & I walked through the door he was taken from me.  I couldn't even tell you how long it was until I finally got him back.  A bunch of our friends were there and most of them haven't even seen Brody but in pictures cause we just don't get out much these days so everyone was happy to finally meet him.  He started getting pretty cranky around bedtime so I just cuddled him and surprisingly he fell asleep for about 30 minutes with music blarring and all.  Once he got up off he goes again.  I probably should of went home with him but I knew Bert wanted to make an appearance at the party so we waited on him.  He got there a little after 8 and we stayed til about 10:15 and went home.  Brody was pretty good the whole time.  He wasn't his usual smiling self but we were teething, still had a cold and a few short cat naps during the day.  At least he didn't cry the whole time.  Since we had such a late night I figured he would sleep in but I was wrong....he was wide awake like normal at 6:30.  I wish he would learn the days of the week already!  Here's a pic from the party.  It's not that good but that's all I got.  Starting him off young!!

My poor baby still has a cold.  Yep, the same one he's had since November.  Everytime it starts to get better, bam, we are hit with it again.  I finally decided to avoid STMC in El Campo and I took him to the Dr. my cousin switched to in Sugarland.  It worked out since I had an appt with my Dr. in Houston.  Two of the Dr's. in EC kept telling me "let it run it's course".  Well they don't try to sleep in my house at night.  So we met with Dr. Scott yesterday and she was super nice!  Even Brody seemed to really like her.  He had no problem with her looking in his ears or digging the wax out.  These were the 2 worst things they could do to him at STMC.  Maybe EC Dr's were a little to rough IDK.  Anyway everything checked out fine but she said it sounds like he's been having back to back colds and there may be some bacteria sitting down in there making it linger longer.  Finally someone to give me antibbiotics!!  She said it would make his poop red but not to worry as it's not blood, but this should knock out that nasty stuff.  Keep your fingers crossed that this works.  On the other hand we are on the down side of what seems to me like his 3rd cold so nights have been really good.   

Here are a couple pics I took of him on Monday.  My booger face is so happy!!

6 Months!

Brody has reached is half year Birthday!!  I wanted to get him a present even though I know it's kind of crazy but I forgot something at Christmas time and needed an excuse but my husband told me I don't think so.  My mom & I both can't believe we forgot about a little red wagon.  Every kid needs one.  Anyways we had Brody's 6 month check up and shots on Monday.  He weighed in at 19lbs and is about 26 1/2" long.  He has always been ok with shots but these made him really cranky.  He went to bed super cranky and my normally extremely happy morning baby was still super cranky the next day.  Daycare said after lunch he got better and by the time I picked him up he was in such a good mood so we went to my mom and dad's to visit.  Usually by the time I pick him up he is over tired and cranky cause he won't nap but Tuesday was a totally different story. 

Here is what Brody is up to (not really anything new) and not up to these days : He will stay sitting for a few minutes once I sit him up (not sitting up on his own yet), he is getting 3 8 oz bottles and 1 4-5 oz bottle, eating dinner very well and he has liked everything I have given him except turkey, getting better at keeping himself entertained but he still loves attention and to be held, and finally, since he got sick in November, sleeping all night (we have had 3 nights of uninterrupted sleep)!! He has his favorite toys that we don't go anywhere without ecspecially the one we call monkey head, it's a monkey head with a blanket attached (you see them everywhere but i don't know what they are called), I love watching him reach out for all of his favortie things it is just so cute, everything he sees goes straight to his mouth and gets SLIMED!  Still only has 2 teeth but I'm expecting more soon.  The top doesn't look like anything but on each side of his 2 bottom teeth it looks really white and feels kind of bumpy but I really don't know what I'm looking for.  Still doesn't roll over.  I now know of 5 times that he has rolled over and only 2 of those times have been witnessed and 1 of the missed times was from belly to back in his crib.  I woke up the next morning with a tummy sleeper so now I put him to bed like that cause he slept so good.  And the best for last!!!  He is starting to hug my neck and I absolutely love it!!!  He wraps his little arms around so tight and squeezes!!  I don't think he realizes yet what he's doing but he does it everyday everytime I pick him up!!  He just melts my heart!!

If I forgot anything I will realize it and do another post later.  It has just been a super bad week and my brain isn't functioning right.  I lost a great co-worker this week and things just won't be the same without him.

Here are a few pics that I took of my buggy on Tuesday when he was so happy!

Our 1st Family Christmas!!!

I have been waiting for this day for a long time now!!  I was so excited about Christmas this year that I even bought all of our presents early so that meant I couldn't procrastinate putting up my tree since I had presents to put under it!!  We woke up Christmas morning and I fed Brody and we went in to wake up daddy and tell him Santa had been here!!   He was complaining about getting up cause he didn't feel good blah blah blah!!  I just blew it off and told him to hurry so we could open gifts.  So finally he came in there and it was time!!  He handed all of Brody's gifts to him and he just couldn't stop staring at them and reaching for them.  So once again Bert got to help him open gifts while I took pics!  It was so much fun!!  He got more toys that will be used more in a couple months but it is so hard to buy things for infants.  I honestly believe he loved them all.  In his stocking he got one of the little blankets with the monkey head on top that he absolutely loves right now.  So much so that he goes to sleep better with it but I always go in and take it away since I'm still a crazy paranoid mom.  I had already gotten my gifts early since I usually can't wait.  I mean y'all wouldn't have pictures to look at if I wouldn't have gotten one of them early on and I also got a beautiful necklace from my boys!!  I had got Bert a GPS for his truck and also one for when he goes hunting so he doesn't get lost.  He usually goes on 2 hunting trips a year and there's a lot of walking involved.  After we were done opening gifts Brody and daddy went back to sleep.  Oh well I had cooked a big breakfast so I sat down to enjoy it.  Brody got up so we played some before I started our Christmas lunch.  Bert was still sleeping.  My mom came over to see what Brody got and to eat lunch with us.  Dad had gone back to work so she was home alone.  We ate and it was really good.  Bert got out of bed but didn't eat and then I knew something was really wrong with him.  After mom left I took his temp and he was actually sick.  Bert complains a lot and I usually just blow it off and ignore him but he was really sick this time.  It must have been some 24 hour bug cause it was gone the next morning and thank goodness neither Brody or I got it.  All in all we had a great 1st Family Christmas!!

Waiting patiently for Daddy!!

 Looking around for his presents!!

 Yay!!  His 1st one!!

Which one do I open 1st?

 Stocking stuffers!!

And all of his toys!!